Pacheco vs Budd

Who won Pacheco vs Budd?

Larissa Pacheco beat Julia Budd by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2, on Friday 7th April 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Larissa Pacheco.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Pacheco vs Budd stats

Larissa Pacheco stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Julia Budd made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Larissa Pacheco's PFL record stood at 12-2-0, while Julia Budd's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Pacheco had a slight advantage in power over Budd, with a 47% knock out percentage over Budd's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pacheco had a massive advantage over Budd, boasting a 42% submission rate over Budd's 6%.

Larissa Pacheco was the younger man by 11 years, at 29 years old.

Budd had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pacheco. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Pacheco was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 4 months later than Budd, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 53 to Budd's 62.

Pacheco vs Budd form

Pacheco had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Helena Kolesnyk at PFL Playoffs: Heavyweights & Women’s Featherweights on 18th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Amber Leibrock at PFL 5 on 16th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Julia Budd at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Kayla Harrison at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had won against Helena Kolesnyk at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Pacheco's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Budd's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pacheco vs Budd?

Larissa Pacheco was a 1/8 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Julia Budd made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.